Shakespeare's European Tragedies: Shake hand and make a friend for life

Shakespeare's European Tragedies is a translation of those tragedies Shakespeareset in European countries other than Great Britain. The translations standon their own without the original text so that they may be read quickly andeasily, eliminating the need to search for the meaning of every second word.They are also supplemented by notes specifi c to each play about the world inwhich Shakespeare lived. Jeanne Arthur's translations bring a lively, vivid,new approach to Shakespeare's dialogue for twenty fi rst century people.The tragedies Shakespeare set in Europe reveal his audience's interest inthe ancient Greek and Roman world. They include The Tragedy of Troylusand Cressida, which is based in part on Homer's The Iliad, The Tragedy ofJulius Caesar and The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra. They also includewhat would have been more contemporary plays for his audience such as TheTragedy of Othello, the Moor from Venice set in the war between the Turksand Venetians over Cyprus in the fi fteenth century and The Tragedy of Romeoand Juliet set in Verona, a city in Italy that was full of warring families. Oldplays set in the past written in sixteenth century English come alive in thisnew translation written for twenty fi rst century people.

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